I'm 83 my aorta is 4.9 cm they say it should be 3 cm...pulse is 46-48....158 syst. and dias. 79! Had knee replacement surgery in Sept. ..lack of exercise before and since?....Winter here...can shovel snow...whole laneway,decks,stairs,entrance ways, paths....no problem! Doc wants to lower my blood pressure...urinary problem with full bowels...she wants to give me flowmax
which can also lower BP! I do not like any big pharma drugs!!! Cannot wait to get on my bike!!!
Few years ago, at 76, new doctor, BP reading when I first went in, always a bit high because I hate being in a doctor's office. Explained that, waited a bit, new reading nice and low. During the 'interview" given by a nurse, she asked me what prescriptions I took, i said none, she said well, what do you take to have such a nice BP reading. I said I take deep breaths and imagine myself somewhere else. I know what a prescription is.
As a side note, I said I had tried gabapentin a few years back, it just made my leg muscles cramp horribly. At the end of the appointment, the doctor said hey I am going to prescribe gabapentin for you - no one knows how it works. WTF. Actually, I think it interrupts messages from nerves to brain or something like that. I told the pharmacy to put it back on the shelf and am still looking for a new doctor.
The best blood pressure medicine that's also free?
Sunshine - dilates blood vessels by increasing nitric oxide. Get out there!
I'm 83 my aorta is 4.9 cm they say it should be 3 cm...pulse is 46-48....158 syst. and dias. 79! Had knee replacement surgery in Sept. ..lack of exercise before and since?....Winter here...can shovel snow...whole laneway,decks,stairs,entrance ways, paths....no problem! Doc wants to lower my blood pressure...urinary problem with full bowels...she wants to give me flowmax
which can also lower BP! I do not like any big pharma drugs!!! Cannot wait to get on my bike!!!
Fictitious metrics are to be managed inside fictitious ranges.
Few years ago, at 76, new doctor, BP reading when I first went in, always a bit high because I hate being in a doctor's office. Explained that, waited a bit, new reading nice and low. During the 'interview" given by a nurse, she asked me what prescriptions I took, i said none, she said well, what do you take to have such a nice BP reading. I said I take deep breaths and imagine myself somewhere else. I know what a prescription is.
As a side note, I said I had tried gabapentin a few years back, it just made my leg muscles cramp horribly. At the end of the appointment, the doctor said hey I am going to prescribe gabapentin for you - no one knows how it works. WTF. Actually, I think it interrupts messages from nerves to brain or something like that. I told the pharmacy to put it back on the shelf and am still looking for a new doctor.